The 24-year-old filmed an Instagram live with fellow competitors, Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers and Miss Colombia Valeria Morales where they commented on other women in the competitions limited English skills.

The trio received a lot of backlash for the comments made and were accused of 'bullying' and being 'racist' and Francesca admitted it's made her think that it impacted on her place in the competition.

"I was annoyed and upset and angry and kept thinking if it has affected my place … (but) I’ll never know and I can’t dwell on that," she told the Daily Telegraph.

Francesa was involved in a controversial Instagram live video. (Instagram)

Francesca placed in the top 20 and said she does "regret" being a part of the infamous video.

"If I had my time over again, I definitely wouldn’t be a part of that video and, if I had my time again, maybe I would have said something to Miss USA in that moment," said Francesca.

She explained that it's hard when you're doing an Instagram live because you don't know exactly who you're talking to.

Francesca explained that she spoke to Miss Cambodia on the day the video went viral to address the situation.

"I was so fearful that she would have thought I meant any malice by what I said. But she just looked at me and we were crying and hugging and she was so upset with her Cambodian fans for attacking me," she explained.

The 24-year-old explained she spoke to Miss Cambodia right after the video. (Instagram)

The video made headlines internationally with some people calling for the women to be removed from the beauty pageant because their actions didn't represent what it all stood for.

In the wake of the backlash both Francesa and Sarah have explained that the comments made were never meant to be nasty and instead were taken out of context.

Francesa, who is half-Chinese, is "far from a bully" according to Troy Barbagallo, Director of Pink Tank Events, which run the Miss Universe Australia Pageant.

"She is publicly against [bullying], she grew up in Australia as half-Chinese, achieved great things and has since been using her new role as an advocate for acceptance of cultural diversity," Barbagallo told 9Honey at the time.

"The comments were taken completely out of context with the girls merely chatting sympathetically re the difficulty facing Miss Cambodia as the only participant who has no one else in the competition who speaks her language," he added.